This weekend newspapers continued to endorse presidential candidates. The Kerry Campaign provides these final numbers:

Echoing the powerful message of more than 200 editorial boards across the country, 24 leading newspapers this weekend urged voters to elect John Kerry for president.

Two hundred twenty-nine publicationsincluding 200 daily papers with a combined circulation of more than 22 million readers have now backed John Kerry.

Forty-seven newspapers with a circulation of more than 3.6 million readers have endorsed Kerry after having backed Bush in 2000. Only six papers that supported Al Gore in 2000 have endorsed Bush this election.

Examples of papers breaking with past tradition:

The Bangor Daily News' backing of John Kerry was its first endorsement of a Democrat for president since the 19th century. The Orlando Sentinel had not done so in 40 years.